Recent content by Redstar7

Got it working! I thought for sure I had formatted the HDD correctly, but it turns out this was not the case. Into another system went the hard drive, formatted, and that was the difference! Thanks again LordEdmund, now I'm anxious to get everything in there and up to speed (although after...

ok.. I think I am getting closer, as I switched the cpu fan plug in to the manual specification. i left only floppy connected with win98 start up disk, and I got a message "Disk not ready, system halted". Hmm, well next I connect the HDD, and boot up, but back to the same black screen. No...

HDD I formatted on another system just before installing to this one. BIOS does see the HDD correctly. CPU fan is on, and has always worked since my first attempt at a power on. Yes one of the first things I tried was to leave a 98 startup disk in floppy, and have it as the only connected...

Yep HDD set to master, blue end of ribbon in M/B in the designated Primary IDE connector slot, no floppy no CD-RW connected, I power on and same thing. No o/s on HDD but I'm not getting anything at all here.

well I figured out the IDE cabling, there is nothing wrong with it at all. I am leaving the CD-RW unhooked for now though, just to see if I can get anything at all- still nothing. I am worried that the cpu is fried, but I don't see how that is possible really, as the fan has always turned...

Ok this is related to some questions I just asked on the Tech Support forum- what I am wondering now is if either my mobo or cpu is damaged or fried. But I can't say that I would know if this was the case or not. Simply put, my new P4 rig I put together (Intel D850GB mobo) will not even...

you have a pentium system? Mine is having about the same problem- P4 1.7G with Intel D850GB motherboard. The CD RW Floppy and HDD seem to come on, but I don't even get the post screen, nothing, just a black screen. Dunno what is up, I can actually get into BIOS by switching a jumper on the...

I am working on putting together a P4 rig, with Intel's D850GB motherboard. Using a 1.7 cpu. What I have in it so far is: 2x 256MB/ECC Rambus 800 Memory by Corsair Western Digital HD 40GB ATA/100 @ 7200 Visiontek GeForce2 MX 400 64MB Sony 24x10x40 CD-RW Floppy So far I cannot get the...

Hi guys, wondering if someone here knows something about OCR scanners, or if I could be pointed in the right direction on this. Our company does small press publishing, specializing in short story mysteries. We would like to take copies out of old Pulp magazines and such, and move them into Word...

Why does my ISP give me a Primary DNS and a Secondary DNS?

Anyone familiar with using the Netgear RT314 Gateway Router? I recently hooked up to a DSL connection with a local provider in Norfolk, VA- Cavalier is the ISP. No problems with the connection, until I try to use my Router for internet sharing on my LAN (just 2 home PCs). Cavalier gives...

Iwill!!!!!!!

gratz Wing! Not too hard to get in there and adjust FSB speeds and multipliers, is it? I just wish I was more knowledgeable in general with these things. Ah well the experience will come wont it? Hey I'm curious as to how you can adjust voltage settings with the Abit, onboard with jumpers...

Oh, I also highly recommend this link Amdmb.com- mobo forums for your research.

I just did the same thing last week, was new to PC building and wanted to go AMD as an upgrade from my P2 450 MX rig. First decision was on DDR vs Via mobo. After careful reading on the latest boards and technology I decided on a VIA chipset, and the choice was (and still is) clear. Iwill...